Being a lover of reptiles, in general, and snakes, in particular, I just had to share this post of Sue’s. These adders are so seldom spotted, it’s amazing that she not only saw it, but got clear enough pictures to identify the snake by pattern and coloring. Excellent, Sue!!
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Thanks for sharing, Marcia. It was a very special moment.
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My pleasure, Sue. I’ve enjoyed this whole series of posts with the circles and standing stones, and have been meaning to share more of them here. I’m just so far behind on the things I need to get done before my foot surgery & the long recovery after. Only eighteen more days, and it seems an impossible mountain of tasks still waits! 😦 But I did have to share this one, immediately, because…snake!
Reptiles, especially albino and leucistic ones, are featured fairly heavily in my book, Swamp Ghosts. I think readers are often surprised at some of the things they learn about them via several of the side characters, and it’s always a treat for me when I run across good posts about them, like yours. Especially considering how uncommon your adder is…and how beautiful.
The Merlin stone concept is new to me, and I plan to go back through your posts more closely, to be sure I haven’t missed anything else. Aaahhh…those circles call!
Some day…………………………………………
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Thanks, Marcia… and good luck with the surgery. I know the feeling: I’m trying to fit everything in before I go north again, including a couple of days taxiing my son.
The Merlin Stone we named for the faces we could see in it, and for the ancient idea of the presence in the stones themselves.
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Good luck to you, too. Ah, thanks for explaining about the Merlin Stone. The one in this picture has a big ol’ face on it, that reminds me of the stones on Easter Island, smaller-scaled. Not the same type of face, but the shape and proportions. SO wonderful!
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That was exactly the impression we got from a distance too.
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Oooh, Multi-continent Mind Synch! 😀 Love it!
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It is interesting… and shows that we are not completely nuts 🙂
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Or maybe being nuts has become universal. (I’m pretty sure it’s the norm over here, anyway.) 😀 😀 😀
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